Janey's Arcadia
Published on 23. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-1-55245-295-0 (ISBN)
Description
Blurbs from Joan Retallack, Kevin Killian and CA Conrad
A brash and brazen use of misread historical texts to highlight the violence of the treatment of North America's first people
Zolf identifies as a LGBTQ writer
A brash and brazen use of misread historical texts to highlight the violence of the treatment of North America's first people
Zolf identifies as a LGBTQ writer
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55245-295-0 (9781552452950)
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Syd (formerly Rachel) Zolf has published six books of poetry, including three with Coach House Books:Janey's Arcadia(2014),Neighbour Procedure(2010), andHuman Resources(2007); and a selected poetry,Social Poesis, with Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2019). Their theoretical text,No One's Witness: A Monstrous Poetics(Duke UP, 2021) was a finalist for the 2022 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism, presented by the Poetry Foundation. Honors also include a 2018 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, a 2008 Trillium Book Award for Poetry, and finalist for several other prizes, including two Lambda Literary Awards. They teach at the University of Pennsylvania.